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noun

Bending n. The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands. (Obs.)

verb

Bend v. t. (past & past part. bent; pres. part. bending)

1.

To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee.

2.

To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline. "Bend thine ear to supplication." "Towards Coventry bend we our course." "Bending her eyes... upon her parent."

3.

To apply closely or with interest; to direct. "To bend his mind to any public business." "But when to mischief mortals bend their will."

4.

To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue. "Except she bend her humor."

5.

(Naut.) To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor.

To bend the brow, to knit the brow, as in deep thought or in anger; to scowl; to frown.

Synonyms: To lean; stoop; deflect; bow; yield.

Bend v. i. (past & past part. bent; pres. part. bending)

1.

To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow. "The green earth's end Where the bowed welkin slow doth bend."

2.

To jut over; to overhang. "There is a cliff, whose high and bending head Looks fearfully in the confined deep."

3.

To be inclined; to be directed. "To whom our vows and wished bend."

4.

To bow in prayer, or in token of submission. "While each to his great Father bends."

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Etymology of 'Bending'

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"Bending" Quotes from Famous Books

... make us look up and recognize the love and the care around us. What a poor thing for the little baby would it be if it were to be constantly tended thus tenderly and preciously by its mother, but if it were never to open its eyes to look up and see her mother's face bending over it. A poor thing all its tending would be without that. It is for that that the other exists; it is by that that the other comes. To recognize and know this loving-kindness, and to stand up in it strong and glad; this is the ministration of God unto us. Do you ever think "I could ...

— A Dish Of Orts • George MacDonald

... at length replied, with enthusiasm, presenting me his hand, and bending one knee to the ground: "I shall be faithful to ...

— Adventures in the Philippine Islands • Paul P. de La Gironiere

... the king with solemn steps, and bending forward, he thrust his forefinger into the foam in the golden cup and passed it lightly across the king's chin. He then drew forth the golden razor from his belt. But before opening it, he raised his eyes ...

— Frederick The Great and His Family • L. Muhlbach

... very much like it, and we had not travelled one hundred feet before we became fully impressed with the necessity for carefully marking our route if we had the slightest desire to find our way back again. This task was intrusted to me, and I accomplished it by cutting a twig half through, and then bending it downwards until a long light strip of the inner wood was exposed. This I did at distances of about a yard apart all along our route, whilst the skipper and Smellie went ahead and forced a passage for the party through the ...

— The Congo Rovers - A Story of the Slave Squadron • Harry Collingwood

... would not get on to my plate," said she, bending down her face to hide it, for she began to feel ashamed. "But ...

— Dick and His Cat and Other Tales • Various

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